Non-refillable bottle



(No Model.)

G. IPSON.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE. No. 602,850. Patented Apr. 26, 1898.

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GEORGE IPSON, OF HUNTINGTON, UTAH.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

$PECIFICATION forming part of Letters E'atent No. 602,850, dated April 26, 1898. Application filed December 19, 1896. Serial No. Bl61 (N0 model-l To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE IPSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Huntington, in the county of Emery and State of Utah,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to improvements in frangible bottles; and the object is to provide a bottle that when first properly filled and sealed will so protect its contents as to prevent their being tampered with without giving palpable evidence of the fact.

To this end the novelty consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the same as will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

The figure in the drawing is a vertical section of the neck of a bottle embodying my invention.

1 represents the neck of the bottle, having the usual flange 2.

3 represents an annularextension of the flange 2, which is bent upwardly, inwardly, and downwardly into the neck of the bottle, its lower end forming an annular shoulder 4.

5 represents an inflammable cord secured in the recess formed between the flange 2 and the extension 3.

6 represents a cork which is first steamed to render it elastic, and it is then inserted in the mouth of the bottle until its upper edge has passed the shoulder 4:, when it expands and fills the space below said shoulder.

7 represents a conical metallic shield the diameter of which is exactly that of the interior of the annular shoulder 4. This shield is provided with a pointed stud or tack which serves to secure it to the cork 6. A second cork 8 is then inserted, and it may be sealed with the trade-mark or name of the proprietor.

In order to gain access to the contents of the bottle, the inflammable cord 5 is first ignited, which rapidly expands the outer surface of the glass without acorresponding expansion on the inside, and consequently the tension is so unequal that a slight tap on the extension 3 will cause it to separate from the flange 2. The usual corkscrew may then be employed to remove the cork.

Although I have specifically described the construction and relative arrangement of the several elements of my invention, 1 do not desire to be confined to the same, as such changes or modifications may be made as clearly fall within the scope of my invention without departing from the spirit thereof.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States,

A non-refillable bottle comprising the cylindrical neck 1, provided with the flange 2, an annular extension 3, projecting above and outwardly over the said flange, so as to form a recess between the flange and extension,said recess adapted to receive and retain an inflammable cord 5, the said extension 3 extending cylindrically within the mouth of said bottle parallel with the neck 1, and terminatin g in an annular shoulder 4, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afflX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE IPSON. Witnesses:

T. F. EARL, ESTELLA COLLARD. 

